Reporter Claire Galofaro joins the staff of The Times-Picayune's St. Tammany bureau

Reporter Claire Galofaro has joined the staff of The Times-Picayune’s St. Tammany bureau.

John McCusker, The Times-PicayuneClaire Galofaro

Galofaro, a native of Louisville, Ky., earned a master’s degree in journalism from Syracuse University. Before coming to The Times-Picayune, she worked at Outside magazine and the Herald Courier in Bristol, Tenn./Va.

Galofaro has a bachelor’s degree in fine arts. Before becoming a journalist, she worked in New York City making Broadway costumes.